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Sunday, December 26, 2010

I hope that everyone enjoyed a beautiful Christmas celebration! It was rather uneventful in our empty nest household. We spent Christmas Eve with my sister-in-law and her family and on Christmas day we stayed indoors and watched a marathon of holiday movies on the tube.

After yesterday, I am so glad that I record my favorite movies and television shows on the DVR. I have come to the conclusion that I HATE commercials! Shows start out with about 10-15 minutes of uninterrupted viewing, then BAM- you are inundated with three to five minutes of commercials! Then you begin a cycle of 5-7 minutes of the show, then the commercials again….

An hour long time slot is filled with only about 40 minutes of the show and 20 minutes of commercial time. I think I could quote every line of dialog in many of those commercials after yesterday! Well, maybe not all of them…. but good grief- it sure did get old listening to the same sales pitches all day long!

Okay, on to showing you a little more of my Christmas decor. I bought my goat cart back in the fall and knew it should be decorated for the holidays. I didn’t quite make the cut on the fancy decor- in fact, I just stuck one of my small trees in it and called it a day! I decorated a miniature tree with animal ornaments. It’s mostly a folksy type of tree, hung with an assortment of ornaments dating back to a simple country tree back from the eighties.

I “planted” the tree in a clay pot, nestled it in the cart, and surrounded it in a bed of burlap. One of the garlands is made up of wooden “light bulbs” strung on jute cording. They are replicas of the large old-timey bulbs that I remember from the trees of my childhood. I also used some colorful wooden beads to fill in the gaps.

A little tin bird and birdhouse.

Wooden woolie.

This mouse in a mitten ornament was made out of salt dough, painted, and given a coat or two of polyurethane.

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny Santa Claus

Oink oink….

The only non-animal related ornament on the tree is this handmade angel. She has graced one or another of my trees for over 20 years.

The tree is folksy, homey, and perfect for the French country-inspired kitchen. I may just leave this tree up longer than the rest of them. It’s small and unobtrusive and it makes me smile when I see it, because there are so many “first-tree” ornaments on it. It was a simpler time back then- I didn’t do themed trees and was satisfied with sparse ornamentation and lighting. Although this little tree was strung with white lights, I didn’t even plug them in. Instead I hung battery operated grunge candles that flickered with warm golden light.

Hi Sue! Had an early dinner with my family then spent the rest of the day lounging watching Scrooged! Lovin' your animal tree! As of a trip to Macy's this morning I've officially started a miniature kitchen tree, picked up mini cupcake ornaments! One can never have enough ornaments:@)

Hi Sue....We had a very quiet Christmas Eve..did some prep work for the next day but mostly watched holiday movies. We did eat at Wendy's since I did not feel like cooking and then looked at a few neighborhood lights. Yesterday the house was filled with family and lots of noise and laughing. Today is a sit in pj's late kind of day..watch the snow flurries outside and just rest. In fact C is napping again! Enjoy your Sunday! ~ Hugs, Patti

It was pretty quiet around my place also. Our celebration is next weekend due to other schedules, etc.I did the country tree in the 80's also and the kids would string popcorn to add to the tree. One of my daughters now has the country ornaments.Just looked up and we are getting snow flurries again. Check my post today about Wednesday's high. :-DHave a great week.Glenda

Ethel you know how I love your design style and the little cart is no exception. Just perfect for leaving it up a little longer. I have a small tree like that on my desk at work. More and more people seem to be enjoying quiet Christmases. Peaceful. Joyful.

Sue,Love your decorations! The little tree is a treasure.If you are looking for canisters with a seal, check outhttp//www.crateandbarrel.com/kitchen-and-food/food-containers-storage/jars-with-lids/f3079#reviewsThey are beautiful and have seals and are economical,too. I've seen these in person and they are just as pictured.

Perfect for the goat cart! Love the simpler look. Part of Christmas is memories of the ones gone by, and the ornaments bring back such memories. Glad you had a good Christmas.The wind is howling and the snow blowing all over, but they say up to 40 by the weekend, so it should melt. I don't like it when it hangs around, dirty and icy!

You might be the only person I know of who has a pig on her tree. In a goat cart. It's darling! I love the wooden light bulbs! Those are what I remember on our tree when I was growing up, too. They got so hot!

There's that wonderful goat cart again! I adore that thing, and it looks great with the little tree surrounded by burlap. Love the garland that looks like those lights on our childhood trees. You have some really great ornaments on this tree Sue. This post just made me even more jealous of your goat cart. laurie

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I'm an avid home stylist who admires all things beautiful, interesting, quirky, and fun. Because of that, I like to hunt for hidden treasures to use in my decorating. My collections keep growing, but I won't be ready for an intervention any time soon-